We hope that you will find within our website items of interest about our Church.

The ‘Friends’ were formed in 1995 to give the opportunity to those people who claim special affinity with Aldeburgh through family, holiday, cultural and sporting links and those - Churchgoers or not - who treasure this fine Church building at the heart of the small seaside town they love.

Aldeburgh and its Church

Our Church has stood on the present site overlooking the sea since Norman times. It has been and is still the focus of the community. Over the centuries hundreds of thousands of people have worshipped here. Successive generations have maintained the Church but none more responsibly than now. The Friends assist in the work of preservation - we need ever more Friends.

FROM THE ‘BOROUGH’

Here large plain columns rise in solemn style
You’d love the gloom they make in either aisle;
When the sun’s rays, enfeebled as they pass
(And shorn of splendour) through the storied glass,
Faintly display the figures on the floor,
Which pleased distinctly in their place before.
But ere you enter, yon bold tower survey,
Tall and entire, and venerably grey,
For time has softened what was harsh and new,
And now the stains which Nature’s hand alone,
Profuse of life, pours forth upon the stone.
                                    by George Crabbe

Some time Curate of this Church whose monument stands here and whose poem inspired Benjamin Britten’s Opera ‘Peter Grimes’

The Benefits of Membership

In return you become part of the great tradition of Christian worship and service in this place.When you visit, you will know that you belong as a friend and that your interest is helping future generations. You will receive occasional Newsletters and invitations to social events as well as to an annual Friends get-together in July.

How can you help?

By becoming a FRIEND

The cost is small and for a few pounds a year you will be sharing in our work of caring for this lovely building.

Membership - Minimum annual subscriptions
Annual Individual            £5,             Annual Family  £10,           
Annual Corporate            £25,        Life Membership            £100,           
Overseas Membership £15 (for 5 years)

Patron: The Lord Geddes           
Vice Patrons: The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, The Mayor of Aldeburgh, Alan Britten Esq, Hugo Herbert-Jones Esq, Hugh Turner Esq.

For further information please contact the Secretary at:

20 Old Homes Road,
Thorpeness, Suffolk IP16 4PL
Tel: 01728 452083                       
E-mail address: michael.trapp@btinternet.com